Format:
Online-Ressource (274 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520204352
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0520204344
Series Statement:
Studies on the history of society and culture 41
Uniform Title:
Notes provisoires sur la postcolonie. 〈engl.〉
Content:
Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of postcolonial theory. This thought-provoking and groundbreaking collection of essays-his first book to be published in English-develops and extends debates first ignited by his well-known 1992 article "Provisional Notes on the Postcolony," in which he developed his notion
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index
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Original title: Notes provisoires sur la postcolonie
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Cover; Contents; Introduction: Time on the Move; 1. Of Commandement; 2. On Private Indirect Government; 3. The Aesthetics of Vulgarity; 4. The Thing and Its Doubles; 5. Out of the World; 6. God's Phallus; Conclusion: The Final Manner; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520204355
Additional Edition:
Print version On the Postcolony
Language:
English
